Amusement device



A. PINTO.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15. 1919.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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INVENTOR A. PINTO.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15, I919.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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12 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANGELO PINTO, CONEY ISLAND, NEW' YORK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ANenLo Tnvro, a citizen of the U nit-ed States, residing at Coney Island. in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to amusement devices and has for an object to provide a device of this character embodying a revoluble platform upon which a plurality of wheeled cars are adapted to move about in any direction and to carry passengers, and bumpers located atthe periphery and centrally ofv the platform to direct the cars through a careening or an irregular path during rotation of the platform.

Another object of the invention is to provide an amusement of the character above set forth embodying a novel means for r0- tating the platform.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they ap ear. v I

igure 1 is a view in transverse sections of an amusement constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view thereof in top plan;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on an enlarged scale illustrating the driving mechanism. 1

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in plan of one of the cars and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the cars partly in section.

Figs. 7 and 8 are detailed views in elevation and plane respectively of a modified form of driving mechanism.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates the platform which is circular and in the form of an inverted cone or in other words depressed centrally and provided centrally with a relative large opening 11, the elevation of the platform adjacent opening being at a minimum and the elevation at the periphery of the platform at a maxi- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed October 15, 1919. Serial No. 330,734.

mum. The platform may be supported upon radial girders 12 and said girders in turn supported upon aseries of annular concentric girders 13 carrying tracks of metal or the like at their under surfaces whereby they may operate upon a plurality of circularly arranged series of supporting wheels, the inner series being indicated at 14, the intermediate series at 15, and the outer series at 16. Each wheel is mounted u )on a bracket bearing 17 in turn supporte upon a suitable concrete footingor foundation 18. Located within the opening 11 and stationarily mounted is a circular platform 19 suitably supported upon-brace work 20 and carrying an annular bumper 21 upon its periphery located at a slight elevation above the surface of the platform 10. 'Surrounding the periphery of the platform is an annular bumper 22 supported upon a series of vertical post 23, the latter carrying exteriorly a shield 24 if desired. Formed upon the bumper 22 at diametrically opposite points are abutments 25 which may have one side emerging gradually into the bumper 22 and the opposite side abruptly emerging thereinto thus defining more or less triangular configuration as shown in Fig. 2.

The cars are shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and may be circular as at 26 if desired and provided with seats interiorly to contain a number of passengers. he cars are mounted upon three or more casters or wheels 27, swiveled to rotate in any direction to carry the car in any direction under an impact applied thereto. Surrounding the car is a series of bumpers, each bumper consisting ofa section 28 1n spaced relation to the side of the car and having a spring 29 interposedtherebetween. The bumpers may be connected by a strip of canvas or other material 30 applied exteriorly thereto. The bumpers 28 are located at such an elevation as to contact either with the bumpers 21 or the bumper 22 just described.

In operation the platform is rotated in a manner to be presently described and the cars, which, when the platform is stationary accumulate centrally, will be now directed outwardly by centrifugal force toward the periphery of the device until they engage the abutments 25 whereupon they are directed inwardly again until they engage the bumper 21 of the central platform. The cars will then be again directed outwardly alterations therein may be made adding to the irregularlity of motion of the I cars.

As a means of driving or rotating the platform I prefer to provide centrally, beneath the platform 19 a vertical drum 31 having a plurality of circumferential grooves 32 formed in its surface and mounted upon a vertical shaft which may carry a beveled gear A motor 34 may be provided to operate the drum through the medium of a pinion 35 which meshes with the beveled wheel 88. Each one of the supporting wheels 16 of the outer series is mounted upon the shaft 36 which also carries a pulley 37, and an endless cable 38 is passed around said pulley, then over guide pulleys 39, thence over guide pulleys L0, and finally passed several times around the drum 31 in one of its grooves. This arrangement of cables may be duplicated for each one of the wheels '16 of the outer series. It will be apparent that during rotation of the drum its motion will be communicated through the cable to the outer pulleys 37, thence rotating the wheel 16 and carrying the platform around in an even and uniform manner, unaccompanied by any un-- necessary noise or irregularity of motion.

1 am aware that rotating platforms to carry cars have heretoforebeen devised, but I am unaware that a platform has been pro vided having a stationary central bumper and peripheral bumpers to redirect the cars back and forward. I

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, l realize that in practice various 1. therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details. of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. An amusement device comprising a rotatable'platform, sloping from the center toward the V periphery, a plurality of swiveled cars, supported thereon to travel in any direction, a stationary central bumper, and a plurality of peripheral stationary abutments, said cars being given an irregular path by alternate contact with said central bumper and peripheral abutments.

2. An amusement device comprising a circular platform mounted for rotation and having its central portion lower than its periphery, a stationary central bumper, an

annular outer. bumper, a plurality of abutments mounted on said annular bumper, a plurality of swiveled cars adapted to travel on said platform, and means for rotating the platform. v

3. An amusement device comprising an annular platform rotatable about a central vertical axis, said platform having its inner periphery lower than its outer periphery, a circular abutment located centrally of the annular platform and stationarily mounted having its surface elevated beyond the level of the inner periphery of the platform, an annular outer bumper surrounding the periphery'of the platform, and a pair of abutments mounted on said outer abutment located in diametrically opposed relation,'said abutment being substantially triangular having a relatively long side extendingfroin said outer'bumper toward the center of the device a direction "substantially tangential relative to the center bumper, and a short side extending abruptly fromthe inner end of said long side to the surface of the outer bumper, and a plurality of swiveled mounted cars adapted to "be rested upon thepatform, said platfo in being rotatable in a directiontoward the long side of the outer abutment whereby said cars may engage the said long sideto be directed toward the center bumper and upon engagement therewith rebound.

In testimony whereof I a'flix my signature.

ANGELO rmro IL. s] 

